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156 NavigationPOIs (Points of Interest)POI menu
You can select between the following
menu items:
Current Position
:
Select a POI around your current
position.

Different City
:
Select a Point of Interest around any
location (
page 157).

Global Destinations
:
Select a POI from regional categories
(
page 158). Initially, selection is
restricted to the region in which you
presently are. However, you can
change the region.

In the POI menu, select menu item Current Position
.

Press E.
A list with POI categories is shown from
which you can select a category.Selecting a POI category

Press G or g to select a POI
category.

Press E.
A list with POIs is shown from which
you can select a destination.
Selecting a POI around your current
location

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POIs (Points of Interest)
Selecting a POI 
Press G or g to select a POI.

Press the
Details
soft key if required.
Details on the destination are shown.

Press E.
The Route Guidance menu will appear
(page 134).

In the Point of Interest menu
(page 156), select menu item
Different City
.

Enter a location as described in
paragraph “Entering destination
address” (
page 121).
Selecting a POI around another
location

158 NavigationPOIs (Points of Interest)
After entering the location, proceed as
described in paragraph “Selecting a
POI around your current location” at
“Selecting a category” (
page 156).

In the POI menu (
page 155), select
menu item
Global Destinations
.
The list of global destinations
categories will appear.
Now you can

select a special destination category
(page 158)

select another region (
page 158)Selecting another region

Press the
Region
soft key.
The Select region list will appear. See
“Selecting a region” (
page 120).
Selecting a category

Press G or g to select a category.

Press E.
Depending on the number of POIs in a
category, you can now enter a POI
name or select a POI.
Entering a POI name

Proceed as under “Entering destination
address” (
page 121).

To do this, press E longer than 2
seconds.
Following the entry or avoidance of the
entry, you can select a POI.
Selecting a POI around a global
destination
iIf you don’t know the name of the POI,
you may avoid the entry.

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POIs (Points of Interest)
Selecting a POI
Press G or g to select a POI.
The list also shows the straight-line
distance to and the direction of the
Point of Interest.

Press the
Details
soft key if required.
Details on the POI are shown.

Press E.
The Route Guidance menu will appear
(page 134).

Press c.
or

In the Destination Entry menu
(page 120), press the
Map
soft key.
The full view of the map will appear.
Your current position and the special
destinations are indicated by symbols.

If required, move the map pressing
H, h, g, G,F and f.

If the soft key displays are hidden,
press any soft key.
The soft key displays will appear.
Selecting a POI on the map iYou will see the symbols only if the map
scale is 0.05 mi/inch, 0.1 mi/inch,
0.2 mi/inch or 0.5 mi/inch
(page 136).
iYou can define which symbols will be
shown on the map (
page 147).
iIf the system does not find any POI, the
message
No POIs Found
will appear.

160 NavigationPOIs (Points of Interest)
Press the
POIs
soft key.
One of the POI is marked in color. The
name belonging to it and the distance
are shown on the status bar.

Use the
Next
or
Prev.
soft key
to select the desired POI.

Press the
Details
soft key if required.
Details on the POI selected are shown.

Press E.
The Route Guidance menu will appear
(page 134).

161 Navigation
Software Updates
You can update the system with a new
navigation DVD. The new DVD may include
new maps and/or new device software.
Starting an update
Switch the COMAND on (
page 23).DVDs are loaded and ejected at the
navigation computer.
Ejecting

Press l.
The navigation computer ejects the
DVD.
Loading

Insert the new navigation DVD into the
DVD slot with the label side up.
The message
Navigation Being
Activated. Please Wait.
will
appear.After that, the COMAND loads the
software on the DVD.
Shortly after that, the progress bar
appears. After some time, the progress
bar reaches 100%.
The update is completed. You can now
operate the navigation system again.
The message
Navigation Being
Activated. Please Wait.
appears
after the system is switched on:

for a short time
The update is completed. You can now
operate the navigation system again.

for a longer time
COMAND was unable to update the
software.
iUpdating may take several minutes.
During updating, the operation of
COMAND is restricted. You cannot
switch off the system.
After updating, the car should remain
outside under open sky for 10 minutes
with the ignition on.
iThe navigation computer is located on
the left side in the trunk (
page 111).

Software Updates

162 NavigationSoftware Updates

180 ServiceAddress bookIf the address book entry offers
appropriate data, it may be used in other
system modes such as telephone and
navigation.
Press H, h, g or G to select the
desired entry (
page 170).

Press E.
or

In the detail view (
page 171), press
E longer than 2 seconds.
The selection menu appears.
Selections appearing will depend on
the data available for a given entry. Using an address book entry to dial a
number
You can have a phone number dialed which
is saved in the address book.

Press g or G to select a phone
number.

Press E.
Dialing will begin. You can then make
your telephone call.
You will find more information in
chapter “Telephone”.Starting route guidance to an address
book entry
You can transfer an address to the
navigation system and start route
guidance.
f
Using an address book entry
in other system modes
iThis function is only available for
addresses which are saved in the
navigation system’s destination
memory (
page 182). The COMAND
saves addresses not only in the
destination memory, but at the same
time in the address book.

181 Service
Address book

Press g or G to select an entry
which allows route guidance
(navigation).

Press E.
The system changes to the navigation
system and calculates the route.
You will find more information in
chapter “Navigation”.iThe route is calculated with or without
traffic routes selected for the
destination (
page 116).

196 System settingsSystem settings
Press C.

In the Service main menu, press the System
soft key.
System settings menu
In the System settings menu you can:
set date and time

switch verification and notification
tones on and off (
page 199)

adjust display settings (
page 199)

activate and deactivate the Voice
control system* help window
(page 201)

start Voice control system*
individualization (
page 201)
Setting date
Activating the System settings
menu
Setting the date/time iExact settings of date, time and current
time zone allow you:
correct navigation for
routes with time-dependent traffic
guidance

correct calculation of the expected
time of arrival
iIf time/date information is transmitted
by the GPS, you cannot set the date.
A satellite symbol is displayed on the
status bar if the system uses GPS data.

System settings